[Intro – rain, vinyl crackle, lone Spanish guitar] (Ay…) One last time. [Verse 1 – male, gritty and weary] You were midnight in a red dress, smoke on your tongue, Loved me like a trigger, I was loaded and young. Every kiss a contract that I signed with a smile, Read the fine print late, by about a hundred miles. We burned like a match in a room full of gas, Beautiful a second, then the whole thing passed. Roses on the table going black at the tips, I can still taste the ending on the edge of my lips. [Hook – female, soulful, stacked harmonies, palmas] One last kiss, the kiss of death, I'm leaving the shadows in the past. I'll always remember you, every breath, Forever in my heart, first and last. (talkbox: forever, forever) [Verse 2 – female, laid-back melodic rap] I was never poison, baby, I was just the flame, You kept reaching for the fire, then you cursed my name. We danced in the dark 'cause the light showed the cracks, Two shadows slow-dancing with knives at our backs. Now I'm walking to the morning with the sun on my face, Left the ghost of us two in that old dark place. Kept a single photograph, corners all torn, You laughing in the rain on the night we were born. [Hook – female lead, male falsetto on top] One last kiss, the kiss of death, I'm leaving the shadows in the past. I'll always remember you, every breath, Forever in my heart, first and last. [Bridge – flamenco guitar solo, palmas, falsetto wails] Ay, ay, ay, it hurt so good, Ay, ay, ay, I'd stay if I could. (muted trumpet answers) [Verse 3 – trade-off] (Him) You were my ruin. (Her) You were my rain. (Him) You were my best night. (Her) You were my pain. (Him) Out of the shadows. (Her) Into the day. (Both) Carry you with me anyway. [Final Hook – full harmonies, ad-libs, scratches, rasgueado] One last kiss, the kiss of death, (ay!) I'm leaving the shadows in the past. (in the past) I'll always remember you, every breath, Forever in my heart, first and last. [Outro – rain fading, last guitar note, whisper] Forever. In my heart.
